Hallo, Chris McCormick hat gesagt: // Chris McCormick wrote:
On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 09:04:43PM +0200, Steffen wrote:
This relates to your question. There is a tendency in thinking that
"objects" that can be build by using pure Pd object are better kept
build in pure Pd objects rather then coded as an external. That said,
it's not a universal truth. Taste, ease and/or speed are important
factors here.In this particular case of Andre's legato object, I see no positive reason whatsoever for it being an external. I see several positive reasons for it being an abstraction:
- Anyone who knows how to make Pd patches can modify it.
- It would run without modifications under anyone's Pd, instantly.
- Nobody would need to compile anything.
- It probably would have been quicker to make in Pd than in code.
Well, it's not really trivial to code the various mono-modes in Pd. It's a bit easier with [list] now, but it involves lists that constantly change their size (to buffer lists) which is something where [list] will become slow for larger lists. So an external may still be useful.
Anyway, coding it as abstraction is an interesting project. Any takers?
Ciao
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__